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Stone wall check dam
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Stone wall check dam [Ethiopia]

Stone wall check dams are built across a gully to collect alluvial soil and hinder further gully erosion.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Simon Bach
Hararghie Stone Faced Soil Bund
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Hararghie Stone Faced Soil Bund [Ethiopia]

Stone faced embankment constructed along the contour to reduce soil loss

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User
Haraghie Stone Bund
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Haraghie Stone Bund [Ethiopia]

It is constructed along the contour to minimize soil erosion and prevent runoff damage from down stream fields.

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Desho Grass Soil Bund
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Desho Grass Soil Bund [Ethiopia]

Desho grass strip is a vegetative SWC measure used for stablizing the bund and provide fodder for animals.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Daniel Danano
DireDawaTraditional Checkdam
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DireDawaTraditional Checkdam [Ethiopia]

It is a stone wall built across a gully at a given interval to trap moisture and sediment for crop production.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Daniel Danano
Vegetated graded soil bund
technologies

Vegetated graded soil bund [Ethiopia]

Vegetated graded soil bund is a soil conservation practice meant for cultivated lands and constructed by excavating graded channel on upper side and develop embankment on lower side which is planted with grass or shrub species in order to control soil erosion and drain excess runoff implemented through community mobilization.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Gizaw Desta Gessesse
Gully erosion management
technologies

Gully erosion management [Ethiopia]

Gully erosion management is the application of combination of practices to control excess or concentrated runoff generation in the gully upstream catchment area, divert excess runoff upstream of gully heads and control further development of gully using appropriate structural and vegetative measures in the head, bed and sides of the â€Ķ

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Gizaw Desta Gessesse
Area closure
technologies

Area closure [Ethiopia]

Closure of degraded land is made on land that has lost vegetation cover, has low soil fertility . To speed up the regeneration process applying some SWC activities and enrichment plantation will be necessary.

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Stone faced soil bund of Tigray
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Stone faced soil bund of Tigray [Ethiopia]

Stone walls placed downslope in an inclined manner having embankment of soil on upstream along the contour line having tieridge.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User
Homestead Development
technologies

Homestead Development [Ethiopia]

It is an integrated land husbandary practice aimed at improving farm productivity of a household through the sustainable land resources development

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User